Rumaan Alam / CANCELED

Rumaan Alam had to cancel his appearance at this year’s festival. We apologize for any disappointment.

Rumaan Alam is the author of Rich and Pretty and That Kind of Mother. His writing has appeared in the New York Times, Elle, New York Magazine, the Los Angeles Review of Books, the Wall Street Journal, The Rumpus, Buzzfeed, and elsewhere. He studied at Oberlin College, and lives in Brooklyn, New York. Visit him online at rumaanalam.com.